Closure for street-cars.



PATENTED OCT. 6, 1903.V

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ICLOSURE FR STREET GARS.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 9, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented October 6, 1903.

CHARLES s. SAPI?, or w'ILMiNGToN, DELAWARE.

CLOSURE FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,929, daterlYOctober 6, 1903.

` Application filed May 9,1903f Serial No. 156,380. (No modell) To a/Zwhom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES S. SAPP, a citirzen of the United States,residing at Wilmington, county of Newcastle, and State of Delaware, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Closures forStreet-Cars,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in closures forstreet-cars, and xo is adapted to that class of ears known as open orsummer cars, in which the seats extend transversely across the car andthe passengers alight from the side ofthe car between th e seats; andthe object of my invention is te provide a closure for each spacebetween the seats, whereby the space may be closed during inclementweather, but may be quickly and easily opened to allow the passengers toboard or alight from the car.

sists in the details of construction and combination of elementshereinafter set forth,and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, t'orming a part of this specification, in

Figure 1 is an outside elevation of a portion of the car having myimprovement applied thereto; Fig. 2, a perspective view of' one side ofmy closure.

In open or summer cars, in which the seats extend transversely acrossthe car, vertical posts A extend upward opposite each line of seats, andthe usual practice is to close this opening in inclement weather with acurtain 4o which is rolled or extends into the roof of thel With theseends in View this invention consigned to roll upon a roll E, journaledin suit- 6o i t able bearings in a boxing below the door 'of the car.

To the lower end of the upper curtain is secured a sash F, in which issecured a pane of glass F', and when the curtains are closed this sashis in a convenient position A for the passengers to look through toascertain the whereabouts of the ear. Each of the posts A is providedwith grooves A upon each side, which are designed to guide the curtainsand also to contain the bands for 7o operating the same. To each end ofthe upper roller is secured a grooved pulley C' and to each end of thelower roller is secured a grooved pulley E.

G is a band which is connected to the upper end of the lower curtain andpasses upward and around the pulley C and is coiled in an oppositedirection to the upper curtain. His `a band or cord which is connectedto the lower end of the upper curtain and passes downward around thepulley E and is coiled inthe opposite direction tothe lower curtain.Thus it will be seen that by raising'the upper curtain by thethumb-catch B2 the band H will be uncoiled, and thus revolve the roller8.5 E, rolling the lowercurtain downward, and this lower curtain willpull upon the band Gr and so revolve the rollerC thatthe uppercurtainwill be rolled upon said roll, and the ac tion will be just the reversewhen the upper curtain is pulled downward or the lower curtain pulledupward. By changing the relative size of the pulleys C and E' thedivision between the curtains can be made at any point .desired-as, forinstance, by increasing the 95 size of the upperpulleys C the lowercurtain can be made much longer and the curtains would meet at a pointfarther up than that ICO Of course while I have shown the sash F narrowthis sash may be made any size desired, according to the construction ofthe car, and I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction hereshown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from thespirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis 1. In a closure for street-cars, upright posts provided with groovesupon their opposed faces, two curtains arranged to travel between theposts, a roll journaled in suitable bearings at the top of the car towhich the upper curtain is secured, a roll journaled in suitablebearings near the lower end of the car to which the lower curtain issecured, pulleys secured to the ends of said rolls,^a band secured tothe upper end of the lower curtain and coiled uponthe upper pulleysinthe opposite direction to the upper curtain, and a band secured to thelower end of the upper curtain and coiled about the lower pulleys in theopposite direction to the lower curtain, as and for the purposespecified.

2. In aclosure forstreet-cars, upright posts provided with grooves upontheir opposed faces, two curtains arranged to travel between each set ofposts, a roll journaled in suitable bearings near the rootl of the cartowhich one end of the upper curtain is secured, a roll ljournaled insuitable bearings beneath the door of the car to which the lower end ofthe lower curtain is secured, pulleys secured to the ends of said rolls,bands secured to the upper end of the lower curtain and coiled about theupper pulleys in the reversed direction to the upper curtain, bandssecured to the lower end of the upper curtain and coiled about the lowerpulleys in the reversed direction to the lower curtain, and a sashprovided with a pane of glass secured to the lower end of the uppercurtain, as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a device of the character described, upright posts, two curtainsarranged to travel between each set of posts, a roll `iournaled insuitable bearings near the roof of the car upon which the upper curtainis adapted to roll, a roll journaled in suitable bearings near thebottom of the car upon which the lower curtain is adapted to roll, meansfor guiding said curtains in their movement, means for causing the lowercurtain to be lowered when the upper curtain is raised, or vice versa,and a glass sash secured to the free end of one ofthe curtains, as andfor the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES S. SAPP.

Witnesses:

NoRRIs C. MORGAN, GEORGE F. STEWART.

